Comments on: Dylan says your CDs suck http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 12:14:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 By: This Damn Blogger http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1912 This Damn Blogger Wed, 23 Aug 2006 17:45:09 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1912 I have read a number of blog postings on this subject and yours seems to be one of the most reasoned that I have come across. Of course saying that EVERY reconding in that last 20 years is crap is ridiculous, but I have to say that the majority of them are. I am so sick of that over compressed, over processed sound that is so prevalent these days - and I am not even going to start on the vinyl vs. CD topic... Did you happen to catch RJ Eskow's take over on the Huff-PO? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/what-dylan-said-plus-_b_27811.html I think that his argument about niche audiences and the long tail is much more interesting then the argument about modern recording and production techniques. And for good measure - here is my blog entry on the topic: http://www.thisdamnblog.com/rjs-musical-challenge-and-what-dylan-said.php I have read a number of blog postings on this subject and yours seems to be one of the most reasoned that I have come across. Of course saying that EVERY reconding in that last 20 years is crap is ridiculous, but I have to say that the majority of them are.

I am so sick of that over compressed, over processed sound that is so prevalent these days - and I am not even going to start on the vinyl vs. CD topic…

Did you happen to catch RJ Eskow’s take over on the Huff-PO?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rj-eskow/what-dylan-said-plus-_b_27811.html

I think that his argument about niche audiences and the long tail is much more interesting then the argument about modern recording and production techniques.

And for good measure - here is my blog entry on the topic:
http://www.thisdamnblog.com/rjs-musical-challenge-and-what-dylan-said.php

]]> By: Atomictumor http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1924 Atomictumor Wed, 23 Aug 2006 18:55:44 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1924 Thanks very much for the links, TDB, both mighty fine reads. I agree, to extent. I'm more optimistic in the music biz than most, because I think the music biz has always essentially sucked. I mean, its as easy to argue that the majority of recordings prior to the past 20 years were bad, theres just been more time for the crap to filter out. In the past 20 years, more options have opened up for recording this stuff, and I think the artistry has been failing as much as anything else. A damn fine example is seeing pretty much any artist older than 20 years old, comparing that early stuff to today. Is the reason that Let It Bleed is superior to any of the records that the Stones put out recently the fact that they used analog recorders back then, or the fact that they were in their 20s and pissed? See, it just discounts SO MUCH music to dismiss it all like this because of recording styles. Hell, all of hip hop and rap production is within the past 20 years, and thats' opened doors all up and down. Personally, yeah, I prefer an analog sound, when I can't get a live sound. I like listening to bootlegs. Love my record player. Thanks very much for the links, TDB, both mighty fine reads.
I agree, to extent. I’m more optimistic in the music biz than most, because I think the music biz has always essentially sucked.
I mean, its as easy to argue that the majority of recordings prior to the past 20 years were bad, theres just been more time for the crap to filter out. In the past 20 years, more options have opened up for recording this stuff, and I think the artistry has been failing as much as anything else.
A damn fine example is seeing pretty much any artist older than 20 years old, comparing that early stuff to today. Is the reason that Let It Bleed is superior to any of the records that the Stones put out recently the fact that they used analog recorders back then, or the fact that they were in their 20s and pissed?
See, it just discounts SO MUCH music to dismiss it all like this because of recording styles. Hell, all of hip hop and rap production is within the past 20 years, and thats’ opened doors all up and down.

Personally, yeah, I prefer an analog sound, when I can’t get a live sound. I like listening to bootlegs. Love my record player.

]]> By: Joe P. http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1927 Joe P. Thu, 24 Aug 2006 01:03:53 +0000 http://www.atomictumor.com/2006/08/23/dylan-says-your-cds-suck/#comment-1927 Let it Bleed seldom is out of range of the CD player here -- and really I can't tell much diff between the CD and the vinyl sound ... but I do know that generally analog sounds much more roomy and warm, but it may just be there is far too much over-production tech hoo-ha on most CDs since most singers today fear not sounding polished. the whole studio production debate has been constant since the Beatles did Sgt Pepper. i have a CD by a small band from North Carolina called Stephanie's Id, and they recorded a live show on an old reel to reel player/recorder and just miked the vocals, another on towel inside the piano and another picking up the ambient sound. it's one of the best recordings of a live show i've ever heard. Let it Bleed seldom is out of range of the CD player here — and really I can’t
tell much diff between the CD and the vinyl sound … but I do know that
generally analog sounds much more roomy and warm, but it may just be there
is far too much over-production tech hoo-ha on most CDs since most singers
today fear not sounding polished.
the whole studio production debate has been constant since the Beatles did
Sgt Pepper.
i have a CD by a small band from North Carolina called Stephanie’s Id, and they
recorded a live show on an old reel to reel player/recorder and just miked the
vocals, another on towel inside the piano and another picking up the ambient
sound. it’s one of the best recordings of a live show i’ve ever heard.

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